Bernardine Evaristo

We are meeting on Wednesday, not Thursday, this month. Register to receive a link to the Zoom program in your email, or click here to join on the day of the event. Join us as we discuss Bernadine Evaristo's Booker Prize winning novel Girl, Woman, Other.

The twelve central characters of this multi-voiced novel lead vastly different lives: Amma is a newly acclaimed playwright whose work often explores her Black lesbian identity; her old friend Shirley is a teacher, jaded after decades of work in London’s funding-deprived schools; Carole, one of Shirley’s former students, is a successful investment banker; Carole’s mother Bummi works as a cleaner and worries about her daughter’s lack of rootedness despite her obvious achievements. From a nonbinary social media influencer to a 93-year-old woman living on a farm in Northern England, these unforgettable characters also intersect in shared aspects of their identities, from age to race to sexuality to class. (Muscogulus)… (more)

Monday, April 7, 7:30 PM Bernardine Evaristo, author of Mr. Loverman In conversation with Chris Abani Moderated by Colin Channer Reading, discussion, and reception hosted by Akashic Books

Brooklyn’s own Akashic Books is proud to bring UK author Bernardine Evaristo to the neighborhood for the US launch of her new novel Mr. Loverman, the story of a gay West Indian man in London trying, with difficulty, to come out of the closet. The novel has been highly praised by the UK press, as well as fellow authors including poet and novelist Chris Abani (author most recently of The Secret History of Las Vegas), who writes, “Bernardine Evaristo uncovers characters lost to history and myth, and with compassion, an original and brilliant voice, and an unparalleled craft—all tinged with humor—she restores them and thus us.” Evaristo talks with Abani tonight, in a conversation moderated by Colin Channer (novelist and editor of Akashic’s Kingston Noir), about diaspora, love, and culture. A reception with complimentary beer, lovingly provided by the Brooklyn Brewery, will follow the reading and discussion.

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)